Aktionsforskningsmetodens styrker og udfordringer - Erfaringer fra et sygeplejefagligt
forskningsprojekt
Sammanfattning
The action research project 'Development of regional Psychiatric Institutions as Learning
Environments' aimed to develop nurses' competences as mentors and hospital wards as clinical
learning environments for student nurses. In this paper methodological results and experiences are
discussed. Central to the project was working seminars where the 93 mentors, 17 education
coordinators and the leader of the project met to discuss methods for generating data and results of
the data analysis. The mentors and education coordinators also met in local working groups, where
they exchanged experiences and discussed how to generate data. Data was generated through two
focus group interviews with the mentors, the mentors writing log books about mentoring and the
mentors observing each other's practice. A steering committee coordinated the project. The
committee prepared the actions, planned the data generation and undertook the analysis of data. In
conclusion the action research method showed useful in developing mentors’ competences and
learning environments in hospital wards. Furthermore the project strengthened the mentors'
motivation for developing practice. Part of the conclusion is also that mentors got less involved in the
project than they were meant to.